Full Name

Ginigalgodage Ramba Ajit de Silva

Born

December 12, 1952, Ambalangoda

Age

71y 108d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Ajith de Silva was a highly rated left-arm orthodox spinner within his homeland. It was a great disappointment to his supporters when he failed to make a significant impact at the highest level. De Silva was selected in the inaugural test team that played England at Colombo. He had a steady, though somewhat disappointing debut taking two wickets in each innings, bowling with admirable accuracy but failing to give the ball sufficient flight on what was a favorable wicket for spin bowling. It was expected that along with D.S. de Silva, he would form a spin combination that would hold Sri Lanka in good stead during its formative years in test cricket. However, this was not the case, his returns in three other Tests were below expectations. On the tour to Pakistan he bowled accurately at Karachi and Faisalabad but struggled to dismiss Test-quality batsman. He ended any further chance of representing Sri Lanka when in 1982-83 he joined the tour to South Africa.
Johann P Jayasekera

Ajit de Silva Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s6sCtSt
Tests47241148.20--00100
ODIs64296*4.503327.2700-20
FC536827317757.73--01-210
List A15732010*5.00--00-40

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests4796238572/384/9855.002.40137.4000
ODIs6630526293/413/4129.115.1533.8000
FC53-1173644181616/30-27.442.2572.8-40
List A15-822517193/413/4127.213.7743.2000
Ginigalgodage Ramba Ajit de Silva

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ODI

Recent Matches of Ajit de Silva

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Sri Lanka vs India0 & 140/7817-Sep-1982ChennaiTest # 934
Sri Lanka vs India6*1/3615-Sep-1982DelhiODI # 157
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan13/4131-Mar-1982KarachiODI # 151
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan52/38 & 0/2814-Mar-1982FaisalabadTest # 925
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan10* & 0*1/69 & 0/7405-Mar-1982KarachiTest # 923

Debut/Last Matches of Ajit de Silva